This is the grandest address in the northeast corridor of Spain. Since it opened in the early 1980s, the Hostal de la Gavina has attracted A-list celebrities as well as discerning travelers who desire an elegant stay on the often-overrun Costa Brava. The hotel is on a peninsula jutting seaward from the center of S'Agaro, within a thick-walled Iberian villa built as the home of the Ansesa family (the hotel's owners) in 1932. Most of the guest rooms are in the resort's main building, which has been enlarged and modified. The spacious units are the most sumptuous in the area, with elegant appointments and deluxe fabrics.